Established in 1883 and considered the trade’s leading business in Austria ever since, we have been dealing in rare books, manuscripts and autographs for more than a century, serving private collectors and institutional customers all over the world.

What’s new: recent acquisitions

  • Burton, Richard Francis, English explorer and diplomat (1821-1890). 10 autograph letters signed and one autograph postcard signed ("R.F. Burton", …London, Trieste and Geneva, 27 May 1882 to 12 May 1884, 8 November 1888, and no date.

     45,000.00
  • Abu al-Layth al-Samarqandi. Kitab bustan al-'arifin [The Garden of Sages].Syria?, 1673/74 CE = 1084 H.

     28,000.00
  • Stanley, Henry Morton, African explorer (1841-1904). Clipped signature.N. p. o. d.

     600.00
  • Camões, Luis de. The Lusiad, or, Portugals historicall Poem.London, 1655.

     25,000.00

What’s available: our stock, updated daily

What’s gone: some recent sales

  • [Zanzibar]. The Gazette for Zanzibar.Zanzibar, 1912-13, 1918 and 1920.

     25,000.00
  • Montaigne, Michel de. Essais de Messire Michel Seigneur de Montaigne, Chevalier de l'Ordre du …Bordeaux, 1580.

     450,000.00
  • Einstein, Albert, German physicist and Nobel laureate (1879-1955). Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein").Nassau Point, Peconic, Long Island, NY, 1 Jul 1939.

     7,000.00
  • Megiser, Hieronymus. Institutionum linguae Turcicae, libri quatuor [...].Leipzig and Breslau, 1612.

     58,000.00